Santa Fe Government
A politics blog by Kiera Hay
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Santa Fe City Council May Get New Seating, and Other Developments
Among the happenings at tonight’s City Council meeting: -Councilors passed a resolution directing staff to come up with a renovation plan for city council chambers. The main bone of contention... Read more »
Santa Fe Hires New Public Defender
The city of Santa Fe has hired Elena Cardona as its new Municipal Court public defender. Cardona most recently worked for the New Mexico Public Defender handling felony cases. Her... Read more »
Water Leak Problems at SFCCC
Starting today, the city plans to close off part of the P1 section of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center parking garage to fix problems in the loading dock area.... Read more »
Santa Fe-Denver Flights To Start in December
After a nearly five year hiatus, local air service to the Mile High City is back. Great Lakes Airlines will begin operating Clovis-Santa Fe-Denver flights on Dec. 1. “It’s great... Read more »
Mayor Coss to Give State of City Speech Tonight
Mayor David Coss is scheduled to give his seventh annual State of the City speech tonight at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The speech is dubbed “Pathways to Health,... Read more »
Councilors Propose Repeal of Santa Fe’s CWA Ordinance
A majority of the Santa Fe City Council may be on the verge of torpedoing a new “community workforce agreement” ordinance that continues to generate controversy. Councilors Patti Bushee and... Read more »
Railyard Cinema Plans Slowly Moving Forward
Good news for downtown movie goers, or those just tired of seeing a gaping hole next to Flying Star. Officials with the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation, the entity that... Read more »
Santa Fe Considers How To Transport Homeless Inmates
Under the best of conditions, traversing the miles between the city of Santa Fe and the county jail off Highway 14 can be bothersome. For someone covering the distance on... Read more »
What’s Next In Santa Fe’s Fluoride Debate?
For those who can’t get enough of Santa Fe’s ongoing fluoride debate, today’s Buckman Direct Diversion board meeting could be rather interesting. The city-county board, which governs the area’s largest... Read more »
Santa Fe Works On Commercial Recycling Awareness
If you’re lucky enough to be on the city of Santa Fe’s news release email list, you might have noticed the blitz of information (two notices!) this week about commercial... Read more »
Remodel for Santa Fe Council Chambers?
A few of the city councilors in left-leaning Santa Fe are ready to move closer to the center – of city council chambers, that is. Councilors Chris Rivera and Bill... Read more »
Fluoride in the Bag?
Santa Fe — like it or not — may finally be getting some resolution on the fluoride issue. The agenda of Wednesday’s Public Utilities meeting shows that five councilors have... Read more »
